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Pricing Development Rights: A game changer for housing affordability
By Tim Helm & Henry Williams
Governments across Australia are effectively giving away $11 billion a year to wealthy landowners by failing to put a fair price on development rights.
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The Land Cycle
By Catherine Cashmore
The Land Cycle explores the history of the 18-year land cycle and its implications for policy development. Read the paper.
Rent-Controlled Resources: Why are we under-charging Australia's mining tenants?
This report examines Australia’s resource royalties and the gains to be made by moving to a more flexible royalty model with variable rates
Speculative Vacancies 2025 data update
Our latest Speculative Vacancies data update reveals the extent of unoccupied housing in Melbourne.
Buying better income taxes with land taxes
Tax reform is more than changing income tax rates, it’s about shifting taxes off income altogether. This report explores one of the most recommended reforms.
Staged Releases: Peering Behind the Land Supply Curtain
In this report we ask whether the private choices of property owners to supply new housing according to market conditions works against the stated public policy outcome of supply-driven affordability through rezoning.
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The Resilience of Extractive Diplomacy
Renegade Economists Show As broadcast on the 3CR airwaves 6 - 6.30pm on the fourth Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to the monthly podcast. Show Notes Prof Michael Hudson talks about society’s fragility under the weight of land based debt. How have geo-political...
2020 Land tax reform highlights
The year of 2020 was a shocking year for many reasons, from the bushfires to a global pandemic. But there were some positives too, especially for land tax reform. Here are some of the developments that should give us some cautious optimism for the years ahead. NSW’s...
We Are Rent with Fred Harrison
An interview with Fred Harrison discussing his new book We Are Rent: “We continue to privatise the essence of our humanity.” A new moral framework is required to address this subtle form of subsidy for the wealthiest.